SMITH, LAMAR S. (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments
Pledge of Allegiance: reaffirm reference to ``one Nation under God'' (S. 2690), H6984 [2OC]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
———H.R. 1646, Dept. of State appropriations, H6233 [12SE]
———H.R. 2215, Dept. of Justice appropriations, H172 [6FE]
———H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act, H641 [28FE]
———H.R. 3763, Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act, H4847 [17JY]
———H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5607 [25JY]
Articles and editorials
Beltway Bubble, Wall Street Journal, H5466 [25JY]
Stigmatizing Business, Andrew S. Grove, Washington (DC) Post, H5465 [25JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4575 [12JY]
Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 4849), H3036 [23MY]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H4606 [15JY]
Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (see H.R. 5118), H4604 [15JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
Children and youth: prevent child abduction (see H.R. 5422), H6418 [19SE]
Computers: limit liability of copyright owners for protecting their works on peer-to-peer networks (see H.R. 5211), H5789 [25JY]
Crime: treatment of crimes involving the transportation of persons and sex tourism (see H.R. 4477), H1410 [17AP]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4575 [12JY]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H8733 [13NO]
Education: increase the technically trained workforce (see H.R. 3130), H781 [7MR]
Employment: minimum wage and maximum hour requirement exemptions for certain seasonal fireworks employees (see H.R. 5520), H6982 [2OC]
Foreign policy: negotiations with Mexico and Canada relative to the North American Development Bank and the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission (see H. Res. 355), H687 [5MR]
Government: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2055), H3514 [12JN]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H3454 [11JN]
Immigration: secure borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens, remove illegal and criminal aliens, reduce fraud, and reform the legal immigration system (see H.R. 5013), H3927 [25JN]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (see H.R. 4717), H2470 [14MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H3859 [24JN]
Monuments and memorials: provide grants for construction of memorials to honor men and women killed or disabled while serving as law enforcement or public safety officers (see H.R. 2624), H937 [18MR]
National security: provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (see H.R. 3825), H650 [28FE] (see H.R. 4598), H1673 [25AP]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4664), H2163 [7MY] (see H.R. 5714), H8731 [13NO]
Pipelines: establish a cooperative Federal research, development, and demonstration program to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities (see H.R. 3929), H832 [12MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H3825 [21JN]
Space policy: institute a series of incremental goals that will facilitate the scientific exploration of the solar system and aid in the search for life elsewhere in the universe (see H.R. 4742), H2511 [15MY]
States: identify certain routes as part of the Ports-to-Plains High Priority Corridor (see H.R. 3522), H834 [12MR]
Taxation: allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H2735 [21MY]
———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H1154 [9AP]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
Terrorism: improve antiterrorism efforts (see H.R. 4864), H3228 [5JN]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H562 [26FE]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H2944 [22MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Constitution Week: observance (see H. Con. Res. 475), H6418 [19SE]
Courts: provide prejudgment interest on certain judgments against the U.S. (see H.R. 5634), H7894 [10OC]
Crime: disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (see H.R. 4689), H2354 [9MY]
———prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 4623), H1769 [30AP]
Drugs: prohibit opening, maintaining, managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or using any controlled substance (see H.R. 5519), H6926 [1OC]
Eddy, Mary Baker: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 458), H5997 [26JY]
Floods: disaster assistance for the Guadalupe River valley (see H.R. 5114), H4574 [12JY]
Johnson, Claudia T. (Lady Bird): tribute (see H. Res. 593), H8023 [16OC]
Law enforcement: prevent and punish counterfeiting and copyright piracy of intellectual property (see H.R. 5057), H4325 [27JN]
Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Society, Inc.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 458), H5997 [26JY]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H5194 [23JY]
Letters
Retain Office of National Preparedness functions within FEMA: several Representatives, H5687 [25JY]
Remarks
Advent Networks (business): tribute, E733
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7330 [9OC]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 606), H8756
———nondischargeability of debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic protests, H8756
Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (H.R. 5118), H4689 [16JY]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, H5465 [25JY]
Children and youth: prevent child abduction (H.R. 5422), H7051
Computers: provide greater cybersecurity, E1814
———provide greater cybersecurity (H.R. 3482), H4583 [15JY]
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), consideration (H. Res. 367), H841 [13MR]
———provide prejudgment interest on certain judgments against the U.S. (H.R. 5634), E1816
Crime: establish that certain sexual crimes against children are predicate crimes for the interception of communications (H.R. 1877), H2678 [21MY]
———life imprisonment for repeat offenders who commit sex offenses against children (H.R. 2146), H915 [14MR]
———prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (H.R. 4623), H3880 [25JN]
———supervised release of life for offenders who commit sex offenses against children (H.R. 4679), H3873 [25JN]
———treatment of crimes involving the transportation of persons and sex tourism (H.R. 4477), H3885 [25JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5687, H5700
———establish (H.R. 5710), H8711
———retain Office of National Preparedness functions within FEMA, H5687 [25JY]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report, H6745 [26SE]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5258, H5259, H5263 [23JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), complete congressional action (H. Res. 543), H6940
Eddy, Mary Baker: tribute (H. Con. Res. 458), H6528 [24SE]
Federal employees: establish an exchange program between the Government and the private sector to improve information technology management (H.R. 3925), H1167 [10AP]
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center: jurisdiction transfer, H5258, H5259 [23JY]
———maintain current training locations after transfer to Dept. of Justice and protect training agreements with agencies transferred to Dept. of Homeland Security, H5700
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6740
Immigration: extend H-1B status temporary visas for skilled workers, H6745 [26SE]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H581 [27FE]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1642
Johnson, Claudia T. (Lady Bird): tribute (H. Res. 593), E1891
Law enforcement: prevent and punish counterfeiting and copyright piracy of intellectual property (H.R. 5057), E1178
Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Society, Inc.: tribute (H. Con. Res. 458), H6528 [24SE]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4297
National security: provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (H.R. 4598), H3940 [26JN]
National Small Business Week: observance, E753
NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4664), H3186 [5JN]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (H. Res. 540), H6674 [25SE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4133
Point of order, H5263 [23JY]
Research: computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs funding (H.R. 3394), H210 [7FE]
———computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs funding (H.R. 3394), Senate amendment, H8073 [12NO]
Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524), H6408 [19SE]
Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, H2853 [22MY]
3M (company): anniversary, E1783
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H3450 [11JN]